Experience

Leo Cancer Care
• United Kingdom
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Manufacturing Engineer

  • May 2021 - Present


Accuray

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer II

  • Oct 2009 - Jun 2020

  Sustaining Engineer II Design Transfer / New Product Integration  Participate in new product development projects to represent manufacturing requirements and goals.  Interface with Product Development personnel to facilitate the transfer of product design into manufacturing.  Plan, execute and document pilot builds.  Develop requirements for received materials, Work-In Process, and final inspection/test.  Define and evaluate results of First Article Inspection Reports. Assembly and Test  Develop and maintain manufacturing work instructions for assembly personnel. Document and control inspection, assembly and test process.  Define, develop and design/procure and maintain production fixture and tooling  Support Multi Leaf Collimator Leaf Verification Assembly Test Fixture  Member of Install Team at vendors Projects  Multi Leaf Collimator Shipping container – Out of Box Failure reduction  Multi Leaf Collimator Bumper pin – reduction of field failures/pre-mature failures  Air Tank Removal Project  MLC Leaf Verification Assembly, Gen 2 – obsolescence/reliability  MLC End Manifold – cost down, ease of assembly Show less



Accuray (formerly TomoTherapy)

• Mechanical Designer

  • Jun 2006 - Oct 2009

  Mechanical Designer  High Performance (HP) Couch  Played a key role in the successful launch to production, including working with vendors, sourcing components, ordering parts and tooling, trouble-shooting cables, documenting and releasing forty-seven cable prints  Completed incoming inspection of parts, evaluated (accelerated life testing) ALT unit at milestones, performed installations/removals of components in development labs/bunkers, ordering of custom cables for trade shows, BOM scrubs, and providing Regulatory support throughout IEC testing  Supported manufacturing builds and completed pilot site upgrades in the field  2nd Generation Data Receiver Server (DRS); completed the detailed design, exploded assembly, mechanical prints and release of the face panel, cable prints and power supply mounting  Gantry Redesign to support helical and direct Hi·Art treatments, TomoDirect  Detailed node Mechanical prints, designed node mounting brackets and created several cable prints  Generated exploded assembly, worked with vendors to meet specifications  Supported Mechanical Engineers – detailed prints, generated exploded assemblies, completed engineering change orders and notifications (ECO/ECN) in a regulated environment  Supported Manufacturing Engineering – worked with engineers on minor sustaining efforts Show less



Wolf Appliance Company, LLC

• Contract: Designer

  • Apr 2005 - Dec 2005

   Designed, specified, and tested parts and sub-systems for cooking appliances  Collaborated with Manufacturing, Quality and assemblers to confirm ability to implement new designs on current runs  Procured parts/systems for prototype builds  Analyzed tolerance on components to ensure proper fit-up  Completed ECO’s and all necessary supporting documentation  Designed, specified, and tested parts and sub-systems for cooking appliances  Collaborated with Manufacturing, Quality and assemblers to confirm ability to implement new designs on current runs  Procured parts/systems for prototype builds  Analyzed tolerance on components to ensure proper fit-up  Completed ECO’s and all necessary supporting documentation



ProMetalWorks, Inc.

• Design Engineer

  • Nov 2002 - Mar 2005

   Collaborated with shop manager for prototyping and production run of parts  Ensured customers’ needs were met on existing designs and design modifications  Generated prints and assemblies for fabrication of sheet metal parts  Generated programs for turret punch and laser on production runs of parts  Collaborated with shop manager for prototyping and production run of parts  Ensured customers’ needs were met on existing designs and design modifications  Generated prints and assemblies for fabrication of sheet metal parts  Generated programs for turret punch and laser on production runs of parts



Electronic Theater Controls, Inc.

• Mechanical Designer – Research and Development

  • Feb 1997 - Nov 2001

   Conceptualized and developed new products derived from a marketing specification Determined materials, construction methods, manufacturing processes, shape, color, surface finish, mechanisms and packaging Generated mechanical requirement specifications, 3D renderings, conceptual sketches, including alternative design solutions and other necessary documentation to convey design solutions to management Created and maintained controlled documents, Mechanical design layouts, PCB mechanicals, production artwork, fabrication drawings, assembly drawings, cable assemblies/wire harnesses, bill of materials and cost of goods for the fabrication and build of prototypes to determine design feasibility Resolved structural, mechanical and/or electrical function and their configuration Generated final release package consisting of all necessary documentation for the successful transition to Manufacturing Engineering Show less

• Mechanical Designer – Applications Engineering

  • Nov 1995 - Feb 1997